This article describes how to connect to a TCP port 80 on a Web server using telnet.
HTTP[1] is a simple text protocol. So telnet lets you easily test the operation of port 80.
You can test the connection using the following Linux commands:
If you want to disable recommended to a friend on the VirtueMart product page, you can disable in VM Admin Configuration/Site/Display/Show the "Recommend to a friend" link.
Here's how we patched the vulnerability on our sites:
Edit <Joomla root>/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/html/shop.recommend.php
Right under
if( !defined( '_VALID_MOS' ) &amp;&amp; !defined( '_JEXEC' ) ) die( 'Direct Access to '.basename(__FILE__).' is not allowed.' );add this:
The default url for Joomla to access the user registration page form without creating a menu link is:
index.php?option=com_users&view=registration
Just add that string after yourwebsite.com
For example:
http://www.yourwebsite.com/index.php?option=com_users&view=registration
The default url for Joomla to access the user contact form page form without creating a menu link is:
index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=1